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Caroline at Coastcard [Land & Lit] (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Cuillin sunset, Skye, Scotland June Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales August Narnia in a Lamp? Tree reflections in the lamp, the Cathedral Close, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Can't you just imagine Mr Tumnus appearing through the trees and meeting Lucy') November The Weaver of Grass has celebrated Bonfire Night (aka as Guy Fawkes Night) with a wonderful blend of sunset photography and poetry....
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Whales in Wales (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Sighting from Ray W at Strumble Head pinched from the Pembrokeshire Birds Blog - I had at least 7 and possibly up to 12 Risso's Dolphin; one pod about half-way out, the second on or just inside the tide race. There were no calves and the dolphins ranged in colour from dark to very pale gray. They were active and there were two spectacular breaches. And for Cliff, the Porpoise calf that was tail-slapping...
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Celtic Quest Coasteering (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
Celtic Quest were preparing to take part in a coastguard rescue training scanario yesterday with Preseli Venture. Barry (Pembs Coastguard) arrived onsite to inform us that they were just starting a search for two missing divers. Minutes later the Coastguard Helipcopter and various lifeboats were seen searching up and down the coastline. BBC NEWS " Two divers who went missing off the Pembrokeshire...
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Whales in Wales (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
A minimum of 48 Risso's (including females with calves) were recorded in a total ot 8 seperate encounters by Sea Trust volunteers; Adrian Rodger, Rich Crossen and myself. The weather played its usual tricks and had the conditions been more favourable we may well have doubled that figure. Given half decent conditions we have been seeing Risso's on most of our ferry crossings since the spring and generally...
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Pembrokeshire Birds (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
The highlight birds at Strumble in August have already been blogged but there were other aspects that also seem worthy of a mention. Such as the annual gathering of about 300 mixed Razorbills and Guillemots accompanied by unfledged young. While the young are growing the adults moult into a state of flightlessness whilst still managing to feed their offspring. By the end of the month the first few were...
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UK400ClubRareBirdAlert (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
An unprecedented displacement of WILSON'S STORM PETRELS (Oceanodroma oceanicus) took place over the past weekend, involving up to 64 individuals. With a deep Atlantic depression fast moving towards NW Europe on 30 July and with two birds off Bridges of Ross (County Clare) on 29 July (Owen Foley) and a single from a Scilly pelagic NW of St Martin's on 31 July, expectations were high for the weekend....
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